Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.  

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.  

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on April - 15.  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.  

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on April - 15.  

1632  On April - 15 death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

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1641  On April - 15 death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)  

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on this day in history.  

1659  On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies  

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76  

1754  Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on this day in history.  

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on April - 15.  

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on April - 15.  

1765  On April - 15 michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53  

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on April - 15.  

1793  On April - 15 death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)  

1804  Death of Charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761) on April - 15.  

1811  On this day in history ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70  

1824  On April - 15 theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61  

1853  On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  On this day in history death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)  

1863  On April - 15 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  On this day in history death of father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)  

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on April - 15.  

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

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1452  On April - 15 birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on April - 15.  

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)